Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. The following essay penned by Dr. Jill Biden will be featured in the April 23 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Community Colleges: Our Work Has Just BegunJill Biden I have been a teacher for almost three decades and a community-college instructor for the past[Read More…]
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My-A & Co, Recalls Ground Black Pepper Double Golden Fish 3.5oz Jars Due to Salmonella Contamination
Cheverly, MD–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2010. MY-A & CO. of Cheverly, MD is recalling its 3.5oz jars of Ground Black Pepper Double Golden Fish because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened[Read More…]
GSU Student/Faculty Symposium on Issues Facing Latino Students, Others of Diverse Backgrounds
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Title V Latino Center for Excellence is sponsoring a free symposium for students, faculty, advisors, and administrators from across the region on May 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at GSU. The symposium will address the issues and concerns facing Latino and other students from[Read More…]
3rd Annual Entrepreneurship Breakfast at Rich Central Saturday
Olympia Fields, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich Central High School Entrepreneurship class, under the educational guidance and leadership of Ms. Hope Stovall Henderson, will host the 3rd Annual Entrepreneurship Breakfast on Saturday, April 17th at Rich Central High School. The school says this year’s event with the theme, "Success Is Our Business,"[Read More…]
Transformation Lecture Series at GSU to Conclude With ‘Transformation of Health Care for Underserved Populations’
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Transformations Lecture Series at Governors State University concludes with “The Transformation of Health Care for Underserved Populations” presented by Dr. Aida Giachello, Professor of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago, on Wednesday, April 21, at 5 p.m., in the Hall of Honors. Dr. Giachello is[Read More…]
Kindergarten Round Up In District 163
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 will conduct “Kindergarten, Here I Come” to pre-register children for the 2010-2011 school year from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., Friday, April 23, 2010. Children must be five-years-old on or before September 1, 2010, to register for the 2010-2011 school year. Parents/guardians[Read More…]
Iraq War Vet: ‘We Were Told to Just Shoot People, and the Officers Would Take Care of Us’
By Dahr Jamail t r u t h o u t | Report On Monday, April 5, Wikileaks.org posted video footage from Iraq, taken from a US military Apache helicopter in July 2007 as soldiers aboard it killed 12 people and wounded two children.The dead included two employees of the[Read More…]
Rich Country Donors Still Well Off-Track on Their Aid Commitments
GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–14 April 2010. Today’s figures, from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), show that although there has been a fraction of an increase in total aid, from $122 to $123 billion, the amount of aid has actually fallen by $3.5 billion when compared with last year’s prices.[Read More…]
Senator Harkin Introduces Bill to Keep Educators on the Job
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2010. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and of the Senate Appropriations panel that funds education initiatives, introduced the Keep Our Educators Working Act today. The bill will create a $23 billion Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers, principals,[Read More…]
Lexus’ Statement Regarding Consumer Reports’ Testing of the 2010 GX 460
Torrance, California—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2010. From Mark Templin, Lexus Group Vice President and General Manager: “For more than 20 years, Lexus has made customer safety and satisfaction our highest priorities. We are taking the situation with the GX 460 very seriously and are determined to identify and correct the issue Consumer[Read More…]
